Skip to content
Swimmer's Daily

Swimmer's Daily

  • Contact
  • Swimming is awesome

    Jan 14, 2013

    โ€”

    by

    rokur
    in Fun

    Thank you guys, we needed this after the annoying and evil bit

    Swimming is awesome.

  • Keri-anne Payne – Why Open Water Swimming

    Jan 14, 2013

    โ€”

    by

    rokur
    in Competition

    Q&A session with Keri-anne Payne

    Keri-anne Payne – Why Open Water Swimming

  • Swimming in the Snow

    Jan 14, 2013

    โ€”

    by

    rokur
    in Fun, Open Water

    “This is a short video of me swimming in the snow from today”

    – No, not me. Heck no!

    Swimming in the Snow

  • Missy Franklin Bottle Practice: Olympic Swimmer Preps For High School Meet

    Jan 14, 2013

    โ€”

    by

    rokur
    in Can you do this?, Fun, Technique

    The folks at Huffington Post are really impressed :-)

  • African swimmer, 18, claims asylum after fleeing London 2012 Olympic village to escape arranged marriage with a 60-year-old man

    Jan 14, 2013

    โ€”

    by

    rokur
    in Competition, Organization, WTF

    Read MailOnline

    Swimmer Ayouba-Ali Sihame, 18, represented the tiny African island nation of Comoros during the London Games.

    But she ended up in a prison cell after fleeing the athleteโ€™s village in a desperate bid to avoid being wed to a twice-married 60-year-old man.

    Her mother told her she was being sold and must give up her sporting career just days before she flew to London.

    She said the sportswomanโ€™s โ€˜celebrityโ€™ status had pushed up her value in the poverty-stricken strict Islamic community.

  • Behind The Shot: Shooting a Time Magazine Cover of Michael Phelps

    Jan 14, 2013

    โ€”

    by

    rokur
    in Wow

    Leading up to the 2004 Olympics, photographer Greg Heisler had the opportunity to shoot Michael Phelps for the cover of Time magazine. He initially planned to photograph Phelps at the Stanford pool where he was training, only to find out that it was too close to the Olympics and that wasnโ€™t an option. Still, Heisler refused to let go of his vision of capturing Phelps in that blue โ€œpool glow.โ€ Enter some serious ingenuity. Read PetaPixel and Strobist

  • Wow, Gyurta spoke Norwegian when he honored Dale Oen with a special gold medal

    Jan 14, 2013

    โ€”

    by

    rokur
    in Wow

    My utmost respect, Dรกniel Gyurta’s pronounciation was really good, when he presented this gold medal to Alexander Dale Oen’s family. Read more on for instanceย Speed Endurance, Swim News and SwimmingWorld Magazine

    As I promised at the London Olympics, I will present a medal to the family of my friend Alex.
    I am convinced that Alex would have won gold at the Olympics, so this medal is representative of what he could not achieve because of the tragic event. With Alexโ€™ death, Norway didnโ€™t only lose a great swimmer and athlete, but a fantastic human being.

  • CC photo #380: ‘Guess who’ at the Istanbul 2012 World Champs

    Jan 14, 2013

    โ€”

    by

    rokur
    in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Competition, Fun

    A well-known swimmer on top of the medal podium at the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey. Most awesome shoes ever!

    Guess who at the Istanbul 2012 World Champs

  • British Swimming to stream 2013 British Champs

    Jan 14, 2013

    โ€”

    by

    rokur
    in Competition, Organization

    Following the successful trial of live streaming at last yearโ€™s British Gas Diving Championships, British Swimming will stream live coverage from the 2013 Champs, February 8th โ€“ 10th, with commentary for each of the finals sessions as well as the prelim sessions on Saturday and Sunday, as well as live text updates from every session in Plymouth and extensive coverage on Twitter and Facebook. See swimming.org

โ†Previous Page
1 … 2,572 2,573 2,574 2,575 2,576 … 3,023
Next Pageโ†’
rokur Avatar

Blog Admin

Rรณkur รญ Jรกkupsstovu // Production engineer and certified swim coach. Full-time IT guy, spare-time aquatics aficionado. 2 sons, 2 daughters, 1 grandson & a wife. Bureau Member of European Aquatics, liaison to Water Safety, Media & Data Management. Likes to run :-)


Categories


Aquatics Sites

  • World Aquatics
  • European Aquatics
  • SwimmingWorld
  • SwimSwam
  • Swimrankings

Search This Site


See also

  • Facebook
  • X
  • YouTube
Swimmer's Daily

Swimmer's Daily

Fast Fix Blog About Swimming

c/o Rรณkur รญ Jรกkupsstovu
Brekkuvegur 10, FO-650 Toftir
Faroe Islands

Privacy

  • Privacy Policy
  • Background
  • Contact